2016 Reginal Allen Quality result – Bridge’s filly soars again

Zenalicious went some way to vindicating trainer Les Bridge's high opinion of her when stepping up from maiden company to win Saturday's Listed Reginal Allen Quality (1400m) at Rosehill.

Bridge was particularly bullish about the daughter of Choisir when she broke her maiden in a Warwick Farm midweek event earlier this month and was quoted: "I love this filly, I always have. We're just scraping the surface with her today."

Ten days later Zenalicious starts the $16 outsider in a field of nine for the $100,000 Reginal Allen Quality before storming to victory in class record time, hitting the front 50 metres from the post.

The Chris Waller-trained Invincibella ($4.20 fav) was beaten a length in second while stablemate Overstep ($6) was another three-quarters of a length back in third.

From barrier eight, jockey Tim Clark elected to go back and ride Zenalicious for luck, a tactic that unleashed the filly's powerful sprint over the concluding stages.

"We decided to ride her quiet from the awkward gate and knew that she was going to be really strong at the end of the 1400 metres," Clark said.

"We got the breaks when we needed them and it was a pretty soft win on the line.

"She's a bit thick in the wind and might benefit from a tongue tie but it doesn't seem to affect her race wise."